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I want to make it clear- I LOVE THE MOVIE ALADDIN, I love every character in it- except Aladdin. And finally, i'll tell you why.
I didn't really organize this well because I couldn't figure this out.

Main issues- Aladdin's sexist/classicism assumptions, and Jasmine's hypocrisy

Scenario: Aladdin sees Jasmine in the marketplace, falls for her, brings her back to his poor-boy hut, and together they have a heart to heart about how they feel trapped by their situations. Although Jasmine doesn't explicitly state that she is a princess, she does hint that it's not an enjoyable life. "Oh sure, people who tell you where to go, and how to dress..."
She discusses how she's getting forced to get married and how awful it is. They have a cute moment and nearly kiss, when they're broken up. Princess-in-disguise Jasmine is about to kiss street rat Aladdin.

Cut to Aladdin dressed up as a Prince approaching the town. Jasmine is shown to be totally unimpressed by the big parade, rolling her eyes and scoffing at its grandiosity. Aladdin grins his cocky-boy grin and enters the castle, charming the Sultan immediately. After referring to Jasmine as a prize to be won, Jasmine overhears and angrily scorns them for treating her as such.

Cut to Aladdin talking to the genie. The genie suggests Aladdin BE HIMSELF. Aladdin's response?
"If Jasmine found out I was some crummy street rat, she'd laugh at me."



WHAT.
1. You met Jasmine in the marketplace and SHE ALMOST KISSED YOU WHEN SHE KNEW YOU WERE A STREET RAT, YOU MORON. This means Aladdin is just automatically assuming that because Jasmine is a princess, because of her royalty, she must be shallow and only want the finest of men. This is a shallow assumption for Aladdin to make, and shows he didn't listen to a word Jasmine said while they were talking at his hut. Even though he knew her when he thought she was also poor, finding out she was a princess illogically and immediately changed his view on her.

2. If what he assumes is true, that Jasmine IS shallow and only wants rich, handsome men, why would Aladdin, the boy who wants to prove that there's so much more to him, degrade himself and act as an impostor just to win a girl he assumes has shallow morals? My only assumption is that because as he previously repeats in the movie, he thinks being rich will solve all his problems. I won't fault him for that, growing up poor all his life must really take his toll, but does he need to bring someone else down with him?


Cut to Aladdin on the balcony with Jasmine. Aladdin tries to act as smooth, confident Aladdin who Jasmine doesn't care for- but wait! Does Jasmine recognize him as the street rat from the marketplace?
Aladdin agrees with Jasmine when she says she is rich, the daughter of the sultan (not that he can dispute), and a 'fine prize for any prince to marry'. AGREES. And gives her the ol' up-down with his eyes. She spurns him once again for being SO materialistic and tells him to jump off a balcony, how DARE he be so shallow, like any other stuffed-shirt swaggering peacock she's met!


...Until, of course, Aladdin whips out his magic carpet (no metaphor intended) and Jasmine instantly turns into the materialistic, shallow person that she's been insulting others for being this whole film.
"A liar who agrees that I am only a rich, hot prize to be won? GO JUMP OFF A BALCONY! Oh, you have a magic carpet? Never mind, let me hop on that!"
Jasmine, after discovering this guy not only is lying to her, acting totally cocky and shallow, but also is trying to win her over with material items (as she was so unimpressed with a giant parade with many other, more impressive magical items) rightfully and admirably spurns him, until he literally scrapes the bottom of the barrel and doesn't even try to win her over with words or apology, just pulls out his flying machine and wow, she is charmed. AND at this point she should realize, if she suspects that he is the boy from the marketplace, that he is acting EXACTLY the opposite of what she wants, even as she EXPRESSED to him, which should lead her to the conclusion that not only is she shallow but he was feigning interest/didn't care.

I won't dive too much into the 'A Whole New World' scene but I will say that there, Aladdin is being totally possessive and controlling of Jasmine.


During their scene in China, Jasmine finally tricks Aladdin into revealing that he isn't who he's pretending to be- and he lies again. APPARENTLY HE STILL HASN'T REMEMBERED OR PICKED UP ON THE FACT THAT SHE REALLY LOVED THE BOY FROM THE MARKETPLACE, EVEN THOUGH SHE ACTS TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN HE LIES AND SAYS THAT IT WASN'T HIM. ("I even send servants to go to the marketplace for my servants! It couldn't have been me you met"...Jasmine: *sighs sadly* "No, I guess not.") Aladdin is clearly so self-absorbed he can't even pick up on what Jasmine wants. He just assumes and takes over.


Finally, let's cut to Prince Ali (Reprise).
Jasmine finally discovers Aladdin has been lying the whole time (revealed by Jafar, although that scene confuses me; Aladdin already lied and said he dressed up as a street rat to escape palace life, so how would showing him in street rat clothes reveal anything? Wouldn't Jasmine just see the clothes as his disguise clothes? but I digress.. ) So now (somehow) she REALLY knows that he really is poor, and that he's been nonstop lying to her this whole time, as well as totally ignoring her views and wants like everyone else, and to top it all off, he already KNEW what she wanted (freedom and someone to understand her and not assume things about her), and should understand perfectly as that's what Aladdin wants to. But he is the worst, as he does understand but acts the opposite, because of totally shallow views.
When Aladdin returns to rescue them all, there's no conflict with Jasmine being upset at him, yelling at him for lying so many times, or most preferably, getting fed up at him being so shallow, a liar, and basically treating her like crap. Instead, she just immediately welcomes him back and it's like nothing happened. There's no inner conflict, no attitude, she's just excited to see him and it's as if this girl who supposedly is supposed to not be pray to horrible men just keeps falling for his lies, or willing herself to believe them, regardless of the implications or non-logic. She's turned into a weaker girl than any of the princesses at that point. What? You lose major, MAJOR points for me there, Jas.


On top of all this, Aladdin treats his friends like crap. He takes total advantage of Abu (who can be a pain but that's no reason to be rude), AND especially Genie, who shows nothing but kindness to Aladdin, and to who Aladdin keeps abusing and taking advantage of. Whenever anyone, especially the Genie, tries to offer him advice, he yells/snaps at them ("Buzz off!") and acts incredibly self-absorbed.


Aladdin is also so down on himself , the whole thing about him not being worthy of anyone
but then sings "There's so much more to me" and says "I'm not worthless!". Its like he's both trying to prove himself, but he's self-pitying when it's convenient for him. He always wants to be the victim.


I wouldn't be so bothered by all of this if Aladdin had changed in the end, but he didn't. He's still the same Aladdin. He never apologizes for his actions, except fleetingly, and to Abu, ("I'm sorry Abu, this is all my fault, I've gotta go back and set things straight.") when he should be apologizing to Genie & Jasmine. His transformation is condensed to one sentence- "I gotta stop trying to be something I'm not." You never see any REAL transformation. And in the sequels & the TV shows he continues to boss Genie around and lie and lie again and again and again, apologizes everytime, and goes back to lying again. The cycle is this:

Aladdin: *lies*
Jasmine: *gets upset*
Aladdin: *depressed and says sorry*
Jasmine: *forgives him*

And the cycle repeats. Over and over. I'm neutral towards/ dislike Aladdin in the first movie, but in the sequels I honestly hate him. I won't get into discussing how he's so much worse in the sequels, but let's just say 'Out of Thin Air' has to be one of the most condescending and disrespectful things Aladdin's ever said/sang, although I like the song.

I can't forgive Aladdin for all the things I named. Assumptions, being shallow, rude to his friends, but most of all- NEVER LEARNING HIS GODDAMN LESSON.
And Jasmine can't be in my top 3. I love her attitude, probably the thing she gets criticized most for and is actually the best part about her, but her actions I find hypocritical and weak.

And that's why I don't like Aladdin.
Since I am trying to make the Princess Of The Month more popular, this is another one of my ideas. In the end of each month I'll post articles, based on the countdowns for songs, hairstyles and outfits. There everybody will have the chance to discuss whether they agree with the results, what corresponded to their expectations, and what they wish would have been different!

Once again, I will be using pictures for my articles. A few months back I would have made a detailed explanation about each result, but since the recent changes, Fanpop has been acting really weird. And yes, I don't like the...
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Just a little filk to conclude villain month...that's what happen when the female villains meet in afterlife


[Ursula]
Up!

[Evil Queen]
Cheat!

[Lady Tremaine]
Rip!

[Anastasia]
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace)

[Maleficent]
Simple fools (Smoke puffs)

[Gothel]
Slit it!

[Facilier]
And now the 6 vain villainesses of the Disney Princess movies in their rendition of the cell block tango

[Ursula]
Up!

[Evil Queen]
Cheat!

[Lady Tremaine]
Rip!

[Anastasia]
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace)

[Maleficent]
Simple fools (smoke puffs)

[Gothel]
Slit it!

[Ursula]
Up!

[Evil Queen]
Cheat!

[JUNE]
Rip!

[Anastasia]
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace)...
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Since I am trying to make the Princess Of The Month more popular, this is another one of my ideas. In the end of each month I'll post articles, based on the countdowns for songs, hairstyles and outfits. There everybody will have the chance to discuss whether they agree with the results, what corresponded to their expectations, and what they wish would have been different!

Once again, I will be using pictures for my articles. A few months back I would have made a detailed explanation about each result, but since the recent changes, Fanpop has been acting really weird. And yes, I don't like the option of writing long paragraphs with text, while the pictured are all clustered in the bottom of the article! So under each picture I will be posting one comment, related to the result. So in case you don't want your comments posted in my articles, please contact me!


Here are the results of the POTM Hairstyles Countdown: ~*Jasmine*~ (February 2013)! Enjoy and share your opinion!
"Worse isn't possible than this!" - Sirea
"Worse isn't possible than this!" - Sirea
"Its unflattering to me." - KotokoAihara
"Its unflattering to me." - KotokoAihara
"I actually like Snow White's hairstyle on her" - Popcornfan
"I actually like Snow White's hairstyle on her" - Popcornfan
"This entire look makes me want to strangle myself." - Jessikaroo
"This entire look makes me want to strangle myself." - Jessikaroo
"She doesn't look good." - LightningRed
"She doesn't look good." - LightningRed
"look terrible" - BKG201
"look terrible" - BKG201
"I don't like I can't see her hair properly and one more thing I hate brown color :P" - nmdis
"I don't like I can't see her hair properly and one more thing I hate brown color :P" - nmdis
"I don't see her look well in this hairstyle." - LightningRed
"I don't see her look well in this hairstyle." - LightningRed
"aww I like the golden tiara. The outfit is shit, but the gold looks gorgeous with her skin and hair." - Jessikaroo
"aww I like the golden tiara. The outfit is shit, but the gold looks gorgeous with her skin and hair." - Jessikaroo
"this tiara facing down... mha." - Popcornfan
"this tiara facing down... mha." - Popcornfan
"I think the purple tiara fits well with her black hair." - BraBrief
"I think the purple tiara fits well with her black hair." - BraBrief
"I love Jasmine's high ponytail!!" - BraBrief
"I love Jasmine's high ponytail!!" - BraBrief
"I love Jasmine's high ponytail and her tiara! She's so sexy with this hairstyle!" - BraBrief
"I love Jasmine's high ponytail and her tiara! She's so sexy with this hairstyle!" - BraBrief
"I love it!" - LightningRed
"I love it!" - LightningRed
"She looks gorgeous in low ponytail and tiara." - nmdis
"She looks gorgeous in low ponytail and tiara." - nmdis
"The low ponytail is nice just with the flower." - BraBrief
"The low ponytail is nice just with the flower." - BraBrief
Since I am trying to make the Princess Of The Month more popular, this is another one of my ideas. In the end of each month I'll post articles, based on the countdowns for songs, hairstyles and outfits. There everybody will have the chance to discuss whether they agree with the results, what corresponded to their expectations, and what they wish would have been different!

Once again, I will be using pictures for my articles. A few months back I would have made a detailed explanation about each result, but since the recent changes, Fanpop has been acting really weird. And yes, I don't like the option of writing long paragraphs with text, while the pictured are all clustered in the bottom of the article! So under each picture I will be posting one comment, related to the result. So in case you don't want your comments posted in my articles, please contact me!


Here are the results of the POTM Hairstyles Countdown: ~*Rapunzel*~ (January 2013)! Enjoy and share your opinion!
"I love her brown pixie cut." - princecatcher93
"I love her brown pixie cut." - princecatcher93
"I prefer her hairstyle when her hair is blonde." - LightningRed
"I prefer her hairstyle when her hair is blonde." - LightningRed
"I like all her hairstyles....but I guess, the tiara does nothing for her combined with the blond hair" - Swanpride
"I like all her hairstyles....but I guess, the tiara does nothing for her combined with the blond hair" - Swanpride
"My favorite DP hair is her long blonde hair" - jainabieber7
"My favorite DP hair is her long blonde hair" - jainabieber7
"The veil and the tiara suit very well on her short hair." - BraBrief
"The veil and the tiara suit very well on her short hair." - BraBrief
"I love the braid! It's my favourite hairstyle of all princesses!" - Swanpride
"I love the braid! It's my favourite hairstyle of all princesses!" - Swanpride
Like all young girls I love the Disney Princesses I was undecided who I liked because I liked the bran new one when it came out it wasn't until I got older that I placed them in a ranking from my least favorite to my all time. I'd like to apologize in advance if I offend anyone this isn't intentional I think all the Disney Princesses are beautiful and inspiring in there own way :)

# 10 Jasmine: I've never really had a thing for her even when I was little I always found her immodest granted now I know its part of her culture but she just seems like a spolied brat who doesn't seem to be grateful...
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Here's the 2nd part of this countdown covering the placements 25-6 which means that the top 5 will get a seperate article, hope you'll enjoy it :)

25: Ariel & Mulan

Your comments:
Mulan sacrifices everything for selfless reasons, Ariel on the other hand sacrifices everything for selfish reasons. (BelleAnastasia)

24: Tiana & Rapunzel

Your comments (I chose to only take the ones that where in the tie breaker poll since there was so many great ones there):
They have a few things in common, but for the most parts they are total opposites. (BelleAnastasia)
that was a little tough...but...
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posted by JNTA1234
The Leader
The Leader
A rant on Cinderella, star of the Disney Princess franchise.

Obviously, as many would know, Cinderella is easily the most popular princess on a global scale. But why? Here are some reasons. Her story is one of, it not the most well known fairytale of all time. Though she is beautiful, her features are rather typical. This means she can be used to represent all the princesses. Her movie was a massive hit that started a cycle of successful films(Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan). Not to mention, her iconic dress and glass slipper. And finally, her movie is the favorite of Walt Disney himself....
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Snow White-Winona Ryder

Cinderella-Elizabeth Banks

Aurora-Reese Witherspoon

Ariel-Alyssa Milano

Belle-Rachel Weisz

Jasmine-Aishwayra Rai

Pocahontas-Moon Bloodgood

Mulan-Lucy Liu

Tiana-Anika Noni Rose

Rapunzel-Cameron Diaz
In the Disney Franchise, Cinderella's ballgown is blue, but that was not always true (hey that rhymes).
In the 1950 film, when Cinderella got transformed into her gown, it was white. When she looked at her reflection in the fountain, it was blue. When they needed products for this movie, some people thought the white gown looked too much like a wedding dress, so they watched the whole movie over and over again until they came up with something. They saw Cindy's reflection in the fountain, and thought that was a good color, thus, Cinderella's dress is now considered blue.
I'll just get right to the point.


The Flag:
The flag shown on the ship was not used until at least 100 years after the time the film is set.

.____. I knew something was fishy about that flag....



Poca's hair:
ahh, her hair... Lovely isn't it? How it luciously blows in the wind.... But... Isn't it strange how WELL it blows? I mean... My hair is now almost that legnth, and even when the wind is high, it never gets so much as past my back...
So either that is some pretty WICKED wind, or she has some LIGHT hair... Maybe both.

But, if the wind WERE that crazy, then why doesn't it blow the crap...
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The hill was so wonderful that Rose Red felt sad over leaving them, but she was ready to see the castle.

The castle was so big and beautiful and was located close to the sea and was high up the mountains.

They went inside and after a while Rose Red discoverd a mirror and asked her mother about the mirror because she thought that she saw a face in it.
"It's a magic mirror, you can ask anything and it will you the answer, but when I lived here there I lived with my stepmother and she used the mirror to ask who the fairest one of all was and usually it said that she was, but one day it said that...
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My next Interview is with the Characters from Disney’s Pocahontas. Pocahontas requested the interview be held at Grandmother Willows tree (something about her being able to make everyone understand each other) and I consented, as long as the critters leave us alone. Kocoums spirit is also going to join us for a moment, but John Rolfe is busy in London and could not come. Radcliffe was also banned from this interview. John Smith is coming with his friend Thomas and Pocahontas is bringing Nakoma. I am hoping for another calm interview, but we shall see.

(When I arrive Pocahontas and Nakoma...
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Hey Fanpop's Fans!
To start this article, I want to talk about myself a little bit. Hi, I am PrincessLD. I am living in the U.S, but I from Mexico. English is my second language, so that's why; you will see errors in grammar and spelling. I LOVE DISNEY, especially the Disney Princesses. This article is about the order of my favorite Disney Princess. I love all them. No one is bad, neither hate one of the princess.I watch all these movies in Spanish, so maybe I will not know how the voices are in English.My list has changed from what I said before in comments. I hope that you like it. My order...
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posted by rapounzel97
When you feel like you're ready to go
Somewhere you've never been
Make a wish and the dream in you grows
Shinning as bright as day
Carrying you far away

The story begins with the light in your heart
A fantasy, a dream and a spark
Once you believe you are ready to shine
The princess inside you will show
You are the glow, you are the glow

Look around take in all that you see
You just might be surprised
A world of enchantment and pure majesty
You'll be discovering
The princess that you're meant to be

The story begins with the light in your heart
A fantasy, a dream and a spark
Once you believe you are ready to shine
Bright as the world's ever known
You are the glow

Feel your strength, you can face the world
Believe every day, everything is possible
A magical journey awaits

The story begins with the light in your heart
A fantasy, a dream and a spark
Once you believe you are ready to shine
The princess inside you will show
You are the glow, you are the glow
Whoa, you are the glow.
posted by MagicPrincess
I've seen other peoples' articles and thought I should do one! BTW This is my first article!Yay!! Enjoy :D









10. Snow White and the Prince
Their kiss, for me, was a bit dull, boring and quick. It lacked emotion and passion but it is still a classic kiss.


9. Cinderella and Prince Charming
The end kiss was CLASSIC but it was boring and lacked emotion but it was still a beautiful ending to a beautiful story!


8. Sorry if I'm bashing out at the classic princesses! Aurora's kiss had a drop of intensity in it and I love how she brightens up after the kiss! It is truly a CLASSIC kiss!


7....
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Here's the first article for the Best Disney Princess sidekick countdown. It covers the places from 41 to 50. Enjoy!
[I'm clearly copying BelleAnastasia article style, but I hope she will forgive me and you will pretend that's not happening =) . Again, I'm brazilian, so forgive/notice me about grammar mistakes]

50. Mama Odie
I didn't completely understand why this "girl" was the first one to leave. She doesn't bother me (even if I disliked her, her appearence is a little fast). Maybe that's the problem... During all her screentime she's trying to explain things to Naveen and Tiana, and by...
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Hi guys, this third time I'm writing to you and I'm not sure whether this has already been written, and I thought that I would like to voice out my opinions about the princess ending in their movies.


10) Snow White
I felt that the ending was to short and we could have seen more about Snow White's wedding. Also, the prince should get to more about Snow White.

9) Tiana
Despite watching the movie ages ago, I am still able to recall how it ends. The ending was really amazing despite that I have to put it to number 9! But even that, I still love it.

8) Princess Jasmine
The ending should had been Jasmine's...
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10 Snow White

Snow White is pretty. Although she is referred as a young woman with skin as white as the snow, lips as red as a rose and hair as dark as a raven I don’t find her that beautiful. I don’t like her hair, the shape of her face and her nose.

9 Rapunzel

Rapunzel has beautiful hair, I love both her long- blonde and short- brown hair. She has lovely eyes- color but her eyes are too big. The problem with Rapunzel is that she is 3D princess and her features seem weird to me. I’d prefer her as 2D, she would be more beautiful. Now she’s just cute and pretty.

8 Aurora
...
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posted by faya27
Chapter 1

"Melody, wake up," said Eric as he patted his five-year-old daughter on the arm.

"Five more minutes, Daddy," Melody yawned.

"But Melody today is your first day at your new school. If you don't get up, you'll be late," Eric responded.

"I don't want to go to school today!" said Melody.

"Melody, get out of bed right now or I'll spank you," Eric firmly stated.

Melody's eyes went wide and quickly got out of bed. Eric left while she got dressed. She took her pink pajamas off and tossed them on her bed. Then, Melody slowly put her on her outfit on. She dressed slowly since she did not want to...
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posted by PeterPansgirl12
I was the Disney Princess nobody knew. They all knew Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, Mulan, Jasmine, Snow White, yet nobody knew me.

I am Princess Adella and this is my story

"The ball is coming up and you must look fantastic" my aunt said as I was standing up on a tall stool watching the maids get my measurements. "Why is this different from any other ball I've attended?" I asked. "Because, Prince Risstan will be there" she answered.

Prince Risstan, the one my aunt and uncle wanted me to marry. I would have to obey them, they are my guardians. Prince Risstan was a vain, proud...
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